Earth Safe Solutions

He was an excellent young man. He did a beautiful job. He'll be coming back to do some more. It still looks great. It's starting to grow a little bit more. He'll call me and he's going to come. I told him I'd like him to come back and trim some more shrubs in my backyard. He just took a little bit of that and took that away. Whatever he cuts off he carries away. He cleans it up; he & the 2 men that work for him. He used the same 2 men when he needs the help but I don't think he uses them at every single job; only when he needs them I think. He's a small operation and he's a Veteran, which I'm thrilled with. He was in the Marines. I was very happy with him.

They did a great job, they were a little slow with the work but I had no problem with it and they did stay a little longer to finish up what they were doing. They didn't charge me extra for staying a bit longer.

Alan and his crew were very punctual and worked steadily for several hours before the rain moved in. They accomplished a lot in the time they had. Will be coming back next week to finish trimming and distributing mulch I am having delivered.

He laid out a plan and stuck to it. Everything got done on time and exactly how he said he would do it. He was creative with coming up with some solutions to some landscaping problems.

Alan was unable to keep both appointments to provide a quote of lawn maintenance. Each time Alan suggested a date and time to come to my house and provide a quote to provide lawn care. Both times he said it would not take very long. Both times he called and said he needed to reschedule. The second time he said he could not make it and wanted to reschedule I told him I was not getting a good feeling from him given he was having so much trouble keeping his appointments, especially when he was the one who set the date and time. All he said in response was to wish me a good weekend. I guess he just doesn't care about taking on new clients.

It was a pleasure dealing with Alan Hinson from start to finish. He and his assistant arrived on time, and spent around 4 hours here cleaning up our grounds. He seemed very interested in making sure we got our money's worth, and in doing a thorough job. He also answered my questions about how to improve our lawn and control weeds without harmful chemicals, and offered to do some research on weed control. He will be sending me information on options for improving our lawn, and I am definitely wanting to use his service for our lawn care in the future. I am amazed at how beautiful our grounds look now, and at how much they gave us for their very reasonable fee.

Gentleman was very polite, nice to talk with. He called one day with an estimate, asked me to call him back if we wanted him to do the work. I did the next day, he increased his estimate over the phone without seeing the project, told me he would call me back that same day, after he talked with his mason, never heard from him again.

I had Alan come out for a free estimate and then for the work we discussed during the estimate. He trimmed trees, bushes, and shrubs in my front and back yard, cut back a couple trees that were too big, and removed some dead plants. He also cleared the leftover leaves and threw some seed down in my back yard to see if it would take (I have a few bare spots in an area that water tends to pool in). I've also had Alan back to mulch and mow a few times after my mower broke. He does exactly what's agreed upon and is normally right on the dollar with his estimates. He does have an assistant that will work with him. They're quick and leave the yard clean of debris (other than grass clippings). The value for the work they do is very good. I was looking for an honest landscaper that wouldn't take advantage of my lack of knowledge about landscaping and lawn work, and would provide me with a good value for the work performed. I found exactly that with Earth Safe Solutions!

Alan was great. He was punctual, professional and did an excellent job. He used a dark mulch that would last me a longer period of time, and made my beds look beautiful! I especially appreciated all the hard work he did in cutting back the ivy, because I started it myself and it was just too difficult. Now it looks beautiful! I live in a townhouse and my next-door neighbors are trying to sell their home. Now I feel like any prospective buyers will look more favorably on their property because of the great job Alan did on ours.

Alan was very professional. He waspunctual and folowwed up to make sure I was satisfied with the work. I plan to use this company again in the near future.

Alan was very prompt in responding to my e-mail inquiry. He gave me reasonable quote for the work and we scheduled the work. On the work day, he was running late but kept me informed about his arrival. I asked him to pick up a bag of compost and he agreed without excuses. After his arrival, I explained the work to him. I wanted to plan 8 bareroot roses in the backyard, where it was sodded. He promptly got to work. He made sure to plant them at appropriate depth and at equal distance. He readily made the changes as I suggested. He was friendly. He gave me few pointers/tips regarding other problematic areas in the yard. Overall, he was very nice to work with and I would hire him again for other landscaping work.

Alan is a friendly, very professisonal individual, very willing to help out. He listened very carefully to me explain what I needed help with and he accomplished the job single-handedly.

I contacted Alan when I had to fire my first landscaper. He came over and took a look at what had been done and made some suggestions and got started! He cleaned our yard after all the leaves had fallen, and was able to do it in one day, which was amazing, as we have 8 very large white oaks on our property. He even got on our roof and removed all debris and leaves. He then had the patio put in and it completely exceeded our expectations. We love it! Gravel pad is perfect and again, he was able to finish it in just a few hours. Garden boxes went in in one day and look amazing. Alan and Danny were really careful to center them with the house and we have already received complements on them. Alan is great about communicating and letting us know when he is going to show up and what he is going to do before he starts. We have already scheduled him to do some work in the backyard.

Alan continues to do excellent work for me. He initially (sometime last year) cleared out my entire back yard, which had not had any work done in 13 years -- it was a forest by this time. He and his helper worked very quickly and took care of all the hauling. It was done in a day, something of a miracle. He has continued to care for my front yard, which has a lot of hardwoods and many shrubs and perennials, but without lawn, so weeds are a constant worry. On his last visit, he put the perennial garden "to sleep" for the winter, which meant pruning a 40' by 10' garden to the ground and disposing of the waste. He also cleared the gutters and they blew the leaves to the curb before mulching the garden. I'm pleased to have someone with training handling the plants, which have taken about 14 years to get established. Alan keeps in good touch and is always very responsive. I highly recommend his services.

Alan scheduled the service in a very timely manner and arrived at the set time on the agreed upon date. He trimmed and shaped all the shrubs that I requested and did a great job. Attention to detail was top notch. Would definitely use him again.

It was a great experience as he is a pleasant and professional person whom was very timely, responsive and keep me up to date and informed of the work and his findings. I would recommend his services to anyone and I too intend to use his services again in the future.

It took a very long time from first contact to project completion. We were happy with the backyard clear and sod lay but the patio didnt turn out as well as we hoped. We had to purchase sod and pavers separately directly from the suppliers. Ok if you are looking for low cost landscaping labor but we would not recommend having a patio done. It did not turn out well .. its not as level as it should have been.

Very professional from initial contact to cleanup on my jobsite. Communications were prompt and helpful. Alan removed the overgrowth for which I called him. He also educated me on the wetlands area behind my home and what's to be expected to naturally occur in there. A few young Crepe Myrtles have appeared out of nowhere. Alan informed what they were (I was going to cut them down). So the job was done perfectly and I got some good environmental education. Highly recommended.

It was good and we were very happy with their work. They did a very good job. They offered to provide maintenance services to keep the yard looking good. The walkway is really good. We were very satisfied. We didn't compare their prices but it was worthwhile.

He is very personable and he has a reasonable price.

Overall the process was smooth and easy. He was good to work with.

Alan was very responsive and professional. He called me back right away and was able to give me a ballpark estimate based upon information I provided to him. He came to check out the job site and his ballpark was correct. He completed the job with care for my property and in a timely manner.

We've had Alan to our place twice this year, once in the spring and once this Fall. We have been very pleased with the work he has performed. I called several landscaping companies to quote on a couple of days of work we needed this spring to clear out debris and old trees, trim all hedges, bring in some garden soil, much the entire yard, etc. Alan was the most responsive of the 8 or more companies we called and he promised a better value. We were not dissapointed and Alan and crew worked hard to make the whole yard very beautiful in a couple of days of work for 2-3 people. All hauling fees were included in the quote and there were no surprises. Again, the fall we had Alan back and he performed similar tasks a single day, beautifying the yard and reseeding the lawn. We really appreciate the great work and value that Alan now provides us seasonally.

We are in the process of restoring a home and yard that have been vacant for approximately 3 years and has had little or no maintenance. The lot is a 1/2 acre and is heavily forested. The leaves have not been cleared from much of the yard during that entire time, and basically the landscape is overgrown with ivy and wild vines from the neighbors that have destroyed the landscaping making the clean-up job even worse. To top it off, the upper part of the yard in the front is on a hill and the back has a steep slope down to a flat yard space. We hired Alan to start with the general clean-up of the leaves because we discovered it was a much bigger job than our hand-held, non-professional leaf blower could begin to handle. Alan mulched the leaves and then we decided which portion of the yard we were going to use to compost the leaves. Alan even blew the leaves from the roof of the house, the deck, under deck porch as well as the yard and steep slope. He took into consideration the areas of the yard that could use the mulched leaves to control erosion and to also direct the water flow down the hillside and away from the house. He was prompt and professional and started the next day. He finished the job in the time specified without a long term commitment contract. He is willing to continue to work with us in not only maintaining the yard, but as the funds are available, he will continue to do various projects as we continue the restoration of our property. We are very pleased with the work that he did. He knows his plants, he is aware of issues like erosion and soil management, and very importantly he prefers not to use chemicals which we appreciate since our property drains to a large stream.

He did an excellent job and is always professional. I enjoy working with him and will hire him in the future.